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Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky's duo recital at Wigmore Hall turns into a trio... and offers the London audience a rare opportunity to hear the Argentinian pianist play solo.

In the sacred golden temple that is the Musikverein, Martha Argerich plays Ravel's saucy Piano Concerto in G major, before the Philharmoniker and Zubin Mehta play Bruckner's Seventh Symphony. 

Soaring choral music precedes the arrival of Martha Argerich for a daredevil account of Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto with RPhO Principal Trumpet, Alex Elia. 

Martha Argerich returns to the Enescu Festival for one of the pillars of her repertory, Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto, in a buoyant performance. 

Argerich shows her full artistry, while Europe's young musicians show impressive coordination and dynamics, if short of emotion in Beethoven 7.

Some conductors get better with age, ripening like fine wines, but age wearies others. Daniel Barenboim’s decline is difficult to bear.

Returning to the concert platform after recent illness, Argerich demonstrates why she's still the reigning pianist in Lucerne's “Le Piano symphonique” festival. 

The octogenarian phenomenon that is Martha Argerich still has something different to say about Schumann's Piano Concerto, while Sylvain Cambreling adopts a bright and breezy approach to Schubert's Ninth Symphony.

Martha Argerich is one of the musical miracles of our times. Like exquisite wine, she seems to gain depth and new qualities with maturity.

Martha Argerich gives a rare solo performance in the final programme of her festival, performing movements from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons for the very first time. 

From Beethoven's “Ghost” Piano Trio to Schumann’s song cycle, Frauenliebe und -leben, an eclectic programme at the Martha Argerich Festival. 

Lilya Zilberstein, Gabriela Montero and Martha Argerich were just three of the pianists in this celebration of the piano in Hamburg. 

Piazzolla rubs shoulders with Lanner and Kreisler at the Martha Argerich Music Festival in Hamburg's Laeiszhalle. 

Gérard Caussé and Nicholas Angelich impress in Brahms, while Mischa Maisky joins Martha Argerich in Shostakovich. 

An enjoyable first live stream of the 2021 edition of the Martha Argerich Festival in Hamburg's Laeiszhalle.

All the music in their joyous concert was composed to delight the ear, and during a distressing pandemic there can be no higher calling.

A performance of Ravel's concerto to savour as a beacon of light and hope in these dark times. 

An unmissable recital as the Sommets Musicaux festival takes on an online incarnation. 

The duo shines in sunny Beethoven, cool Prokofiev and over-ripe Franck.

Martha Argerich hadn't played Chopin's Third Piano Sonata in public for at least 25 years... so this performance at the Laeiszhalle Hamburg came as a huge surprise.

Argerich sprinted through technical runs with her characteristic articulation and breathtaking technique, and made Prokofiev's Third seem like child’s play.

There was vibrancy and subtlety in these cultured performances of Schubert and Lutosławski, with Martha Argerich still showing how it’s done with ‘that’ Tchaikovsky concerto.

Argerich is predictably a force of nature in Tchaikovsky and Dutoit shows his mettle in Ravel and Stravinsky.

When did three such luminaries last grace the same concert, let alone the same first half?

Daniel Barenboim's absence may have confounded the all-Debussy programme but it left the Aix audience with a beautifully balanced recital.

Two rarely performed works are showcased by the Staatskapelle under Daniel Barenboim.

Three musicians at the top of their game – Martha Argerich, Janine Jansen and Misha Maisky – collaborated in a celebration of the joy of music-making that teased, astonished and ultimately stirred the emotions.

Martha Argerich made her highly-anticipated Cleveland debut in a stunning recital with Sergei Babayan, notably featuring the latter’s ingenious Prokofiev transcriptions for two pianos.

After a nine-year absence, Martha Argerich returned to Carnegie Hall with stunning Prokofiev with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

Few other pianists have Argerich’s naturalness, her ability to epitomize the essence of music rather than interpret it. 

The St Petersburg Philharmonic playing Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony – a work it premiered in 1937 as the Leningrad Philharmonic – was a highlight of a superb concert concluding its UK tour. 

Fifty years on, Argerich is still the legendary tigress of the keyboard, yet more besides.

The Filarmonica della Scala opened the season with a concert that celebrated its virtues and symbolised its ambitions. The presence of Daniel Barenboim, the former Music Director of La Scala, spoke of its inclusive doctrine.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, its Music Director Charles Dutoit, Principal Guest Conductor Pinchas Zukerman and Martha Argerich party in style with Rossini, Schumann, Bruch and Stravinsky.

Martha Argerich shows her star quality in an extraordinary, intimate rendering of Liszt's First Piano Concerto; the West-Eastern Divan orchestra make a big political statement in performing Wagner.

Together with Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle, Martha Argerich gave herself and the audience the best present: Mozart, Beethoven and Scarlatti at the peak of perfection.

A packed audience congregated in Wigmore Hall’s temple to pay homage at a very special concert in which Martha Argerich joined Stephen Kovacevich to mark his 75th birthday. 

Last night’s concert at the Royal Festival Hall brought together three of the biggest names in classical music, performing two works that are somewhat more mid range in popularity within the repertoire.

Martha Argerich makes a triumphant return in her first concert with the Berlin Philharmonic in seven years. 

With musicians of this caliber, it is the soul of the music that matters not the mathematics, and Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer were nothing if not soulmates in this Istanbul recital.

Martha Argerich joined the Manchester Camerata and her friend Gábor Takács-Nagy for a memorable evening of Bartók, Beethoven and Pärt at the Manchester International Festival.

Si l'Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse a étalé sa somptueux pâte sonore, c'est bien la pianiste argentine qui a une nouvelle fois impressionné dans le Concerto pour piano n° 1 de Beethoven.

Martha Argerich joue avec des partenaires de longue date et de jeunes artistes qu’elle prend sous son aile, nous confirmant qu’elle est l’une des plus fabuleuses chambristes qui soit.

Dans le Troisième Concerto de Bartók, soliste, chef et orchestre ont proposé une interprétation admirable et indissociable, avant une Symphonie « du Nouveau Monde » d'une très grande justesse.

El concierto de la Orchestre de la Suisse Romande se convirtió en un evento especial al concederle a Martha Argarich la Medalla de Honor del Festival.

Avant une splendide Deuxième Symphonie de Rachmaninov sous la direction d'un Antonio Pappano inspiré, la lionne argentine a réservé de ces coups de griffes dont elle a le secret...

Des Danses symphoniques de Rachmaninov légendaires et un Carnaval des animaux exceptionnel, lu par Annie Dutoit-Argerich : le concert de clôture des Sommets Musicaux aura tenu ses promesses !

Entouré de Martha Argerich, Géza Hosszu-Legocky et Edgar Moreau, le pianiste britannique a réservé aux spectateurs de la Philharmonie une soirée de légende.

Avec les Wiener Philharmoniker, Argerich et Mehta ont donné un programme Schumann/Bruckner qui a rappelé de grands moments de leurs histoires respectives et fait vibrer une nouvelle fois le Musikverein.

Les deux pianistes sont d'une vivacité rythmique qu'aucun chef, aucun orchestre ne peuvent atteindre ; ils animent le ballet de Prokofiev d'un souffle rare, malgré l'acoustique de la Philharmonie pas idéale dans ce répertoire.